@article{kurepository22, journal = {Revista Centroamericana de Administraci{\'o}n P{\'u}blica}, title = {El fen{\'o}meno de la silla vac{\'i}a en el Sistema de la Integraci{\'o}n Centroamericana: El problema de la toma de decisiones en los procesos de integraci{\'o}n = The empty chair phenomenon in the Central American Integration System:The problem of decision making in integration processes}, number = {87}, year = {2024}, publisher = {Sistema de Integraci{\'o}n Centroamericana. Instituto Centroamericano de Administraci{\'o}n P{\'u}blica}, volume = {2024}, month = {July}, pages = {13--32}, issn = {2215-3047}, url = {https://ojs.icap.ac.cr/index.php/RCAP/issue/view/68/76}, abstract = {El presente art{\'i}culo analiza, desde un punto de vista hist{\'o}rico, pol{\'i}tico e institucional, el problema de la silla vac{\'i}a en el Sistema de la Integraci{\'o}n Centroamericana (SICA), particularmente a nivel de su Secretar{\'i}a General. Analiza c{\'o}mo los distintos intentos de reforma del Sistema a lo largo del tiempo han modificado la naturaleza de su estructura institucional, por un lado, como una plataforma de di{\'a}logo pol{\'i}tico y, por otro lado, como un mecanismo t{\'e}cnico de desarrollo socioecon{\'o}mico a nivel regional. ------------------- This article analyzes, from a historical, political, and institutional point of view, the problem of the empty chair in the Central American Integration System (SICA), particularly at the level of its General Secretariat. It analyzes how the different attempts to reform SICA over time have modified the nature of its institutional structure, on the one hand, as a platform for political dialogue, and on the other hand, as a technical mechanism for socio-economic development at a regional level.}, keywords = {SICA, silla vac{\'i}a, secretario general, pol{\'i}tica, toma de decisiones, geometr{\'i}as variables, empty chair, secretary general, politics, decision making, variable geometries}, author = {N{\'a}jera, Rub{\'e}n E. and Ord{\'o}{\~n}ez, Johnathan} }